Description

Retrieves the document content as a byte array in an octet-stream response.

Method Type

POST

URL

api/document/document

Parameters

Response Type

application/octet-stream

Return values

The byte array of the document.

JavaScript Example

// Promise function to retrieve the document content from the Content-Engine

const GetDocument = (id) => {

return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

$.ajax({

type: "POST",

url: API_GetDocument, /* api/document/document */

cache: false,

xhrFields: {

responseType: 'blob'

},

data: { DocumentID: id },

success: function (r) {

// Setup the Blob type according to the expected document type.

// You can use the GetFileType API to retrieve the document type.

var blob = new Blob([r], { type: 'application/pdf' });

let href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);

resolve(href); // return promise with the blob URL pointing to the document content

},

error: function (xhr, textStatus, message) {

// handle error

console.log("Error while getting the document content: " + message)

reject(0); // reject promise

}

});

})

};